Socket fastener slide



March 15, 1932. i D. I. REITER 1,849,807-

SOCKET FASTENER SLIDE Original Filed June 23, 1931 INVENTOR Daniel 1[Better Patented Mar. 15, 1932 DANIEL I. REITER, or new Y RK, my.

SO CKET' FASTENER SLIDE Original application filed .l'une 23, 1931,Serial No. 546,179. Divided and this application filed December 8, 1931.Serial no. 579,816. 1

This application is a division of my copending application for patentfor self-ad-.

justing fastener slide, filed June 23rd, 1931, Serial No. 546,179. a

This invention relates to socket fastener slides and particularly, tothat type which is provided with transverse slots for therecep-. tion ofa belt or strap and which carries a resilient snap fastener socketdesigned to engage a cooperating stud, in order to hold the strapcarrying the slide to another article carrying the cooperating resilientor non-resilient stud.

My invention contemplates the provision of a simple and efficient slideadapted to be made of two pieces of sheet metal, and to be readilyassembled, and adapted for economical quantity production.

The various objects of my invention will be clear from the descriptionwhich follows, and from the drawings, in which, l

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation ofmy new socket slide showing the provisionof prongs on one of the edges of each of the transverse strapreceivingslots.

Fig. 2 is a central horizontal section of the same, taken on the line 22of Fig. 1, the

prongs, however, having been omitted and the cooperating stud and-thepart on which said stud is mounted being shown by dotted lines.

In that practical embodiment of my invention which I have illustrated byway of example, the main slide member .10 is preferably made of a singlepiece of sheet metal and is provided with the spaced transversestrapreceiving slots 11 and 12.

One or more suitable strap-engaging prongs may project into thetransverse slot from either of the edges thereof in order to enter astrap and to secure the slide in the proper adjusted position on thestrap. As il-' lustrated, however, a single prong arranged centrally ofthe inner edge of each slot projects from said inner edge toward the endof the slide member.

It will be understood, nevertheless, that the prongs may be entirelyomitted or otherwise arranged, as will be obvious to those skilled inthe art.

An aperture'13 is made preferably midway between said slotsand midwaybetween the side edges of the slide member. Arranged concentricallyabout the central aperture 13 are a series of spaced circularly alignedslots or apertures as 14. As illustrated, the slots 14 are four innumber though it will be un de'rstood that I do not intend to limitmyself to the precise number of slots shown except as specified in theappended claims.

The socket member 15 is made of a separate piece of sheet metal and isprovided with a series of depending lugs as 16 of such size and shape astofit into the corresponding slots 14. Saidlugs depend at spaced 1mmvals from the socket member 15, the spacing thereof corresponding to thespacing of the slots 14. The outer wall 17 of the socket member ispreferably cylindrical in she e and the bottom edge thereof restsagainst the upper face 'ofthe slide member 10, but the lugs 16 extendfurther than said bottom edge and through the slots 14 and are integralwith the Wall a; y s p 1 At the upper end of said wall, I provide aseries ofresilient fingers 18 spaced apart by the slits or slots 20which terminate at a pointnear the upper end of said wall. The mate rialbetween the slots or slits 20 is bent down:

wardly andinwardly to form the fingers 18 which are convex inwardly, andwhich extend slightly inwardly of or overhanging the edge of theaperture 18. The upper parts of sa d fingers form the upper edge portionof the socket member. 1

The lower edge portions 21 of said fingers are bent outwardly to shapesaid fingers tothe proper curvature for the reception of a suitable studas shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The terminal edge 21 of each of thefingers, however, is arranged preferably slightly above the upper face.off the' slide member 10 and in inward spaced relation from the wall 17whereby said edges 21 are free to yield onbent inwardly, though it willbe understood that they may be bent outwardly as well, if desired, andsuch bending being obvious, no additional sllOWiIlg thereof is deemednecessary. I Y

It will be understood that the terminal edges 21 of the fingers are freeand thereby yield toward the wall 17 to snap into engagement with anon-resilient studpassed into the socket either through the'opening 13or through the upper opening in the socket, as illustrated.

' n It will be seen that I haveprovided a simple and eificient socketslide adapted to be manufactured economically from'but two piecesofsheet material and that the structure described is welldesigned tomeet the severe requirements of practical use.

WhileI have shown and described certain specific embodiments of myinvention, it will be understood that I do not intend to limit myselfthereto but intend to claim my invention as broadly as may be permittedby the state of the prior art and the'scope of the appended claims.

Iclaim: v 1. In a socket fastener slide, a slide member having spacedtransverse slots therein and provided with a substantially centralopening between the slots and with spaced circularly aligned slotsbetween the transverse slots and the central opening, and a socketmember of a separate piece of sheet material from that of the slidemember, pro-.

vided with spaced lugs passed through the circularly aligned slots andbenton to the slide member to hold the socket member to the vslidemember, said'socket member being provided with integral resilientfingers bent downwardly and inwardly to form an opening at thetop of thesocket member for the entrance of a non-resilient stud thereinto.

' 2; In' a combined slide and snap fastener socket, a slide memberofsheet material having a pair of spaced transverse slots therein, prongsintegral with the slide member and projecting into said slots andadapted to engage a belt passed through the slots, 'a snap fastenersocket member on the slide member between said slots, said socket memberhaving a cylindrical outermost wall terminating in a bottom end adaptedto rest on the upper face of the slide member, spaced lugs projectingfrom said bottom end and passed through the slide member and bent intocontact with the under face of the slide member,'and d owuwardly andinwardly bent resilient fingers projecting from the upper end of saidwall and'terminating in free ends spaced inwardly from said wall andabove and adjacent to the upper face ofthe slide, said fingers beingyieldab-le toward the wall. 7 v

8. A. socket fastener slide comprising a slide memberhaving a pair ofspaced trans:

verse strap-receiving slotstherein, and integral prongs projecting fromone edge of at least one of said slots, a socket member comprising acontinuous rigid cylindrical guard wall, said wall being open at one endand said end being arranged in contact with the upper face of the slidemember," said wall terminating at the other end in a series of spacedresilient fingers curved, downwardly toward the opening of said wall andinwardly toward said wall and having free ends spaced inwardly from thewall a sufficient distance to yield freely toward the wall under thepressure of a cooperating stud,;-there being an annular opening betweenthe fingers arranged coaxially of the first-mentioned wall opening, andmeans for securing said socket member to said slide member comprisingspaced lugs depending from thebottom end of the socket member and passedthrough the slide member and flanged thereunder into contact with theunder. face of said slide member. 7

4. A two-piece socket fastener slide comprising a one-piece slide memberhavinga pair of spaced transverseslots therein and endof the guard wallremote from the central I opening and extending'toward' said centralopening and of less height than that of said wall, and'spaced lugsdepending: from that end of the guard wall adjacent said central,opening and passing through the lug-receiving slotsandhaving theirextremities: bent on tothe under face of the slide member.

5. In a socket slide, a slide member having strap-receiving slots.therein, and having a substantially central aperture and circularlyaligned slots between the aperture andv said strap-receiving slots, anannular resilient socketmember arrangedabout the central aperture on oneface of the slide member and provided with resilient fingers overhangingthe edge of the aperture and having'free ends adapted to yield outwardlyofthe aperture on the passage of a stud therepast, and means formingpart of the socket'member passing through the circularly aligned slotsfor securing said socket member to the slide member. r Y

6. In a socket slide, a slide member having transverse belt-receivingslots therein, 7 and having spaced circularly aligned apertures betweenthe slots, aone-pieceapertured sock-. et member between the slots,having a continuous outer guard Wall, extensions depending from one endof said wall and passed through said circularly aligned aperturesandturned over, andspaced resilient fingers within and integral with thewall and extending from the other end thereof slightly inwardly of theaperture of the socket member to engage a circular stud passed throughsaid aperture.

7 A two-piece socket fastener slide comprising a one-piece slide memberhaving a central aperture and lug-receiving slots ar-- rangedconcentrically of and outwardly of said aperture, and a resilient socketmember on the slide member comprising a rigid outer guard wall, meansextending from the guard wall through said slots for securing the socketmember to the slide member, and resilient fingers integral with and bentinside of the wall and of less height than that of said wall andprotected by said wall.

DANIEL I. REITER.

